Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-01
Fat People and Thin.
DIR. Ross r. Bunting in Popular SCI
News.

III. IADss H. DuuttH IN EbFuldf OCH
News.
Lord Byron was an exception
the general desire to become fat
is generally considered that he inia1
his health from his great fear Of
pulency. DIR. Polidori, his physiei1
says he would refrain from food
days, and then appease his hia
with a water and a glass OF brandt
Fat is ofgreat use in the humaub BID
in moderate amount, in which cas-
is generally considered a sign Of 4
health. 1t forms one-twentieth Of
weight OF a man and one-sixteeath
that of a woman. According to 4
Hutchinson, a man FIVE feet SEQ
inches in height may properly ve
las pounds; six teeth in height.
pounds. fat serves to protecs
body from external viole
by uniform diffusion OF IL
sure through the entire
pose tissue; 1t promotes the
movement OF different organs, as
heart and the eyeball. even IN Cd
of very great emaciation it alwaYs
mains around these organs, moiz
being very essential to the uroH
performance of their functions.
also keeps up the heat of the bod
on account of fits imperfect condns
ing power. We have a marked
stance of this in the whale and 80
animals exposed to very low temp
atures.
The first few days after birth q
human infant loses in weight eonz
erably, and, were there not a sssa|
house of fat provided. would certat
ly die. Fat and stupidity" sal
Lord Chesterfield. fare looked up4
as such inseparable companions e.
they are used as synonymous tern
Edmund Burke, speaking CT 4
French Revolutions, says that "a
stupidity. irreligion and ayariee srz
from the common cause And q
David Hume, the historian, HsSs
Gibbon. author OF the decline g
Fall of the Roman Empire" aud g
poleon the First grew q
the first two whilst re-
forming great intellectual lsboz
the last although under the intiueao
during most OF his life. OF one o. e
passions one would think the Lee
inclined to obosity-ambition. q
len considers obesity a disease When
renders persons, from a difficult q
peration, uneasy in themselves, 81
inability OF exercise, unfit for 8
charging the duties OF life to otne7
The symptoms of corpulenes =
easily recognized, the more prenlinez
being difficulty in breathing inaDills
to walk any great distance. difflcs.z
IN ascending a stairway, often tenas
cy to palpitation, tendency to YER
go, dispeptie troubles. In fat persoa
the hony framework is not so ia1
as in those who are thin; they hs'
generally small hands and feet. y
bony skeleton has therefore httie
do with the weight in these cases
is due to the adipose tissue.
No doubt some noted characters
history, although somewhat corp
lent, owed their large size to a mnsa
lar development, as well as aaas
| bony framework. We may cite as 7
stances Marius the Roman eoass
William the Conquea and John soe
eska. 1t has been said that IN =
Rey's seraglo at Tripoli wonifn :
fattened against q certain das :
means of repose and baths, assiss.
by IA diet of Turkish flower me:
with honey. Fifteen days, It Is ass
are sufficient for the purpose"
Our fat ftiends must follow tne & 4
vice given by Abernethy to one :
noble patients: your lordship naa
do as the famous Duke OF : elllasse
did on a well. known occasion-a.s !
the supplies, and the enemy VIII g
the CITADEL" they must take the y
OF food that will prodnce the y
amount of fat, but will give strenks
they should therefore take nor
heterogeneous aud less of carbonaoTs,
food. OF the five different sorts ose
imal food-beef, veal, mutton, e.
and pork-the first is the least, e
pork the most, heat-prodncins. =
| latter, therefore, should not be ests
As there are more thin people u !
world than fat people, a word OF
vice to the former might not % GU,
place. They must sleep all they e
keep early hours for retiring; ne e
in the middle of the day; drink 81
deal of water; eat heartily, espee,s.
of farinaceous food; take plenty q
e%rcise, but in moderation. be -
full. Sterne says that every e1si
man laughs, he adds something y !
life." And, according to Sololaea.
merry heart doeth good like 2 rs !,
cine: but a broken spirit driesn :
bones"